Debt Free, Cashed Up and Laughing - The Cheapskates way to living the good life

It doesn't matter what your grocery budget is, for most people visitors for dinner means extra spending, especially if those visitors...

MOO Month is over and it was a lot of fun and a huge success. Thirty-one new ways to say "no thanks" to supermarkets and depar...

Everything is getting more expensive today. From petrol to groceries, our hard-earned dollars are challenged to stretch further. We may b...

This is a really quick and easy bread roll, a definite keeper. It’s cheap too - these rolls cost around 5 cents each!  If you're new ...

Winter is on the way, and that means chapped lips. I go through lip balm so quickly in winter. I have them everywhere - on my bedside table...

This will make the equivalent of one packet of onion soup mix. I suggest while you have all the herbs and spices out that you make up a few...

Tonight we celebrate Earth Hour from 8.30pm - 9.30pm, so I thought I'd show you how to make a really simple but very effective oil lamp...

Honey roasted peanuts are the easiest snack to make, and one of the delicious for nibbling. You can spice them up (or down) by adding diffe...

This chocolate is meant to be a cooking chocolate, but really, it's too good to use just for cooking. It's great right out of the f...

When you grow rhubarb you understand it's either a feast or a famine. Those pretty red and green stalks can be few and far between wh...

Monte Carlos are an old Australian favourite, Arnotts sure picked a winner when they added these delicious coconut and raspberry cream bisc...

Easter is only a month away, the last great camping weekend of the season for many, including us. It's the weekend when we seem to fina...

I was up early this morning. Old habits die hard and after a gazillion (or so it feels) years of getting up at 6am I still wake, even on we...

Chicken stock is so easy to make, and so much better when you make it. It's rich and thick, full of flavour. Compare that to the ...

This is a simple recipe for a gentle shower gel you can make yourself in just a few minutes, using ingredients you most likely already hav...

I'm in preservation mode this week, self preservation mode. The garden is finally in full production (it's take all summer, it...

If you love the convenience of cooking spray (and really, who doesn't?) you are going to love today's MOO. Cooking spray is so co...

My mother used to joke that my father would eat ice cream for breakfast, lunch and tea, and ice cream and topping for morning and afternoon...